Close Encounters of the Sufi Kind

In a well-known story, ʿUmar Ibn al-Fāriḍ appears to ʿUmar al-Suhrawardī in Mecca during the Hajj with good news from the Unseen world. The two Sufi masters later meet again, and al-Suhrawardī invests Ibn al-Fāriḍ’s sons and others with the khirqah, or Sufi robe. Despite the wondrous elements in thi...

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Publié dans:Journal of Sufi studies
Auteur principal: Homerin, Th. Emil 1955- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Brill 2017
Dans: Journal of Sufi studies
Année: 2017, Volume: 6, Numéro: 1, Pages: 117-132
Sujets non-standardisés:B Aḥmad Ibn Khallikān al-Ḥarām al-Sharīf Hajj ikhwāniyyāt Kamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar Ibn al-Fāriḍ khirqah Mecca Muḥammad Ibn al-Khiyamī Sufism ʿUmar Ibn al-Fāriḍ ʿUmar al-Suhrawardī
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Résumé:In a well-known story, ʿUmar Ibn al-Fāriḍ appears to ʿUmar al-Suhrawardī in Mecca during the Hajj with good news from the Unseen world. The two Sufi masters later meet again, and al-Suhrawardī invests Ibn al-Fāriḍ’s sons and others with the khirqah, or Sufi robe. Despite the wondrous elements in this account, new evidence suggests that much of this story is true. The proof texts are two poems by Muḥammad Ibn al-Khiyamī, and they underscore the value of poetry, particularly the ikhwāniyyāt, or verse exchanged between friends and colleagues, as a vital source for the social history of Islamic mysticism at that time.
ISSN:2210-5956
Contient:In: Journal of Sufi studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/22105956-12341297